Apoptosis

aka Cell Death. Apoptosis is a process where a cell is degraded in order for it to be ultimately engulfed and recycled. Apoptosis can occur when a cell has become mutated and is on the verge of becoming a cancer. Apoptosis is also the reason why we don't have webbed hands and feet.

What basically happens is that the killer t cell communicates with the diseased cell by adhering to it by binding its death ligand to the death receptor on the diseased cell. This causes adapter proteins to attach to the cytosolic side of the receptor. This leads to a signal cascade which involves the recruitment of various other proteins and ultimately results in the death of the cell.

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[akon1397]

so they finally created a scary movie using apoptosis....

[Kader Kessaissia]

Merci Madame Dabernat !!!

[AMCappella]

I just posted a song about apoptosis on my channel. Give it a listen if you have a minute!

[Dr. Uma S. Gautam]

very nice live imaging...

[VivyTa1028]

great! I'm going to take a course about Apoptosis so I go find the info in advance and now I find out that is a name of a scary movie =))))

[Duy Huynh]

Whoever made this film obviously don't want students to be studying at night <_<

[ceciliaariana90]

phagocytosis occurs in apoptosis when the white blood cells remove the cells that have gone their life cycle. apoptosis produces cell fragments called apoptotic bodies that phagocytic cells are able to engulf and quickly remove before the contents of the cell can spill out onto surrounding cells and cause damage.. meaning that it would turn cancerous. i think this is why the elderly are more prone to getting cancer bc their immune system and WBCs/defenses aren't as keen

[GrizzlyRecoveryZone1]

apoptosis

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